On Monday morning, the nominees for the 2023 Golden Globes were officially announced. While films like Avatar: The Way of Water, Top Gun: Maverick and Elvis seemed to dominate most categories, there were a few surprising inclusions. Among them were nominations for Marvel Studios’ latest film, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and the latest Star Wars small-screen venture, Andor.
Wakanda Forever, the critically acclaimed sequel to 2018’s Black Panther, earned two nominations. The always-fantastic Angela Bassett was nominated for Best Supporting Actress, Motion Picture for her role as Queen Ramonda. The film was also nominated for Best Original Song, Motion Picture with “Lift Me Up” which hails from Tems, Ludwig Göransson, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler.
As for Andor, the Star Wars series only received one nomination. Leading man Diego Luna was nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, Drama. Luna, of course, plays the titular character Andor in the series, which is now streaming exclusively on Disney+.
Source: Variety.